IL · USAV Great Lakes Region
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Drive Volleyball Club is a volleyball club based in Chicago, IL, ranked as high as #167 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 3 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 13 team-seasons.
2 teams · Ages 17, 18
Nationals semifinalist
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Drive Volleyball Club is a club volleyball program based in Chicago, IL, competing in the Great Lakes region. In 2025-26 it fielded 11 teams across both programs — eight girls teams aged 12 to 17 and three boys teams aged 16 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #389 nationally and #31 of 45 in IL for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,136. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 3 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 217 matches and won 95 of them, a 45% win rate. Its strongest team, Drive Boys 18-Blue, is #179 nationally and #66 in IL, at 1,754 Elo on a 46-32 record.
Teams averaged 72 matches each over the season. The club entered 14 events between 25 October and 8 July, a season of about 8 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in three states, with two of 14 outside IL. Destinations included AZ and MO. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#389 nationally · Club Score 1136
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Drive Volleyball Club. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #167 | 1001 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #2227 | 1338 | 8 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #389 | 1136 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #273 | 1174 | 3 |
Every team Drive Volleyball Club fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive Boys 18-Blue | Boys | 18 | 1754 (Elite) | 46-32-4 | 56% |
| Drive Boys 17-Blue | Boys | 17 | 1466 (Developing) | 23-45 | 34% |
| Drive Boys 16-Blue | Boys | 16 | 1298 (Emerging) | 26-41 | 39% |
Where Drive Volleyball Club competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 USAV Boys Junior National Championship (Competitive) | Phoenix, AZ | #28 of 384 | 11-11 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 18 USA: 9-3; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17 USA / 17 Open: 2-8 |
| Sky High Presidents' Day Classic (2-Day) (Regional) | Crystal Lake, IL | #98 of 384 | 8-8 | Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17/18 Boys: 2-3; Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16 Boys: 2-3; Drive Boys 18-Blue — 17/18 Boys: 4-2 |
| 26 Dennis Lafata Boys Bid Classic (Competitive) | St. Louis, MO | #14 of 384 | 8-15 | Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17 Boys USA: 1-6; Drive Boys 16-Blue — 15/16 Boys Club: 4-5; Drive Boys 18-Blue — 18 Boys USA: 3-4 |
| 2026 BWVC presented by First Point (Regional) | Chicago, IL | #75 of 384 | 13-11 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 18 USA: 7-2; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17 OPEN/USA: 2-5; Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16 Club: 4-4 |
| 2026 AAU Windy City Boys Grand Prix (Competitive) | Bedford, IL | #35 of 384 | 8-8 | Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16 Club: 1-4; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 18 Club: 3-2; Drive Boys 18-Blue — 18 Premier: 4-2 |
| 2025/26 Great Lakes Boys Regional Championships (Regional) | Bedford Park, IL | #102 of 384 | 10-7 | Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17 Club: 2-3; Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16 Club: 2-3; Drive Boys 18-Blue — 18 Club: 6-1 |
| Sky High Boys Holiday Classic 13s-18s (Regional) | Libertyville, IL | #198 of 384 | 5-4 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 17/18 Boys: 4-2; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17/18 Boys: 1-2 |
| THE Point Series 16/15s #3 2025 (Regional) | Bedford Park, IL | #54 of 384 | 2-4 | Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16/15 Classic: 2-4 |
| THE Point Series 17/18s #3 2025 (Competitive) | Bedford Park, IL | #16 of 384 | 6-7 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 17/18 Open: 2-4; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17/18 Premier: 4-3 |
| THE Point Series 17/18s #2 2025 (Competitive) | Cicero, IL | #21 of 384 | 3-7 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 17/18 Open: 1-3; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17/18 Premier: 2-4 |
| THE Point Series 16/15s #2 2025 (Competitive) | Bedford Park, IL | #34 of 384 | 4-2 | Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16/15 Classic: 4-2 |
| 2025 AAU/JVA Chi-Town Boys Challenge (Elite) | Chicago, IL | #4 of 384 | 12-12 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 18 Premier: 5-4; Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16 Classic: 4-4; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17 Elite : 3-4 |
| 2025/26 Windy City Boys Power League (Regional) | Burr Ridge, IL | #203 of 384 | 3-12 | Drive Boys 16-Blue — 16 Boys: 3-12 |
| THE Point Series 17/18s #1 2025 (Competitive) | Bedford Park, IL | #26 of 384 | 2-10 | Drive Boys 18-Blue — 17/18 Open: 1-5; Drive Boys 17-Blue — 17/18 Premier: 1-5 |